Is CVE-2018-1000879 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-1000879 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-1000879?

CVE-2018-1000879 has a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2018-1000879?

Patch guidance is available from libarchive security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2018-1000879.

CVE-2018-1000879 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2018-1000879?

5 products: libarchive libarchive, fedoraproject fedora, fedoraproject fedora, fedoraproject fedora, opensuse leap.

Description

libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l() that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted archive file.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

Metadata

Primary Vendor: LIBARCHIVE
Published: 12/20/2018
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

libarchive : libarchivefedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoraopensuse : leap

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD